This week's SMS was hosted by Julie at a Little Bit of Everything. With Easter quickly approaching, carrot cake definitely seemed like a timely choice. Thanks for hosting! The original recipe called for a layer cake with the orange cream cheese frosting. I ended up halving the recipe and making mini cupcakes mostly because I found these cute pastel colored muffin papers at the store :-)
Other than halving the amounts, I stuck directly to the ingredients listed in the recipe. I'm sure many of us have our "go-to" carrot cake recipes, but I think that it's fun every once and awhile to switch in a different one. I can't speak for the cake as a whole, but the mini-cupcakes were definitely enjoyed around here. They were very moist and the orange flavors in the frosting seemed to be a great touch. Of course, how can you go wrong with bite-sized pieces of carrot cake slathered in cream cheese frosting?
Head over to the SMS blog to check out how the other bakers did! On another note, I got my book in the mail this week, so I'm excited to bake my way through!
Great looking cupcakes! Im glad everyone enjoyed them. This was a fun recipe!
ReplyDeleteLove the cupcakes!!! Glad they were a hit.
ReplyDeleteThanks for baking along with me this week.
Cute liners - very springy and fun :) I think minis are a great choice here and yours look terrific with the dollop of cream cheese frosting. Glad you enjoyed them - this is definitely among my favorite SMS recipes.
ReplyDeleteVery spring-like! I love the weather now, it's just all sunny now instead of all the rain! Glad that you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! Mini carrot cupcakes covered in cream cheese...heaven in a small bite! Yeah! on receiving your book. It's the best!
ReplyDeleteTessa,
ReplyDeleteHi! Welcome to SMS. I'm 3 weeks new in this group. First time I've done this sort of thing. I'm really enjoying it.
Your cupcakes look great! Look forward to your creations going forward with SMS.
Have a great day!
Carmen
The minis are adorable! Glad everyone enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteThe muffins look great, very festive! Glad you liked these. They were a big hit at my house too.
ReplyDeleteThese look so good! I love the flecks of orange peel in the frosting. Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting!
ReplyDeletemmmm your frosting makes my mouth water!!
ReplyDeleteYour cupcakes look delicious! I skipped the frosting but am wishing I would have made it, it looks so yummy on your cute little cupcakes :)
ReplyDeleteHi Tessa, thanks for stopping by my site and welcome to Sweet Melissa Sundays! It's a fun group and the book is full of delicious recipes.
ReplyDeleteYour cupcakes look great! I also loved the orange flavor with the carrot cake.